Next-Generation Wireless Technologies

Download or read book Next-Generation Wireless Technologies written by Naveen Chilamkurti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text/reference examines the various challenges to secure, efficient and cost-effective next-generation wireless networking. Topics and features: presents the latest advances, standards and technical challenges in a broad range of emerging wireless technologies; discusses cooperative and mesh networks, delay tolerant networks, and other next-generation networks such as LTE; examines real-world applications of vehicular communications, broadband wireless technologies, RFID technology, and energy-efficient wireless communications; introduces developments towards the ‘Internet of Things’ from both a communications and a service perspective; discusses the machine-to-machine communication model, important applications of wireless technologies in healthcare, and security issues in state-of-the-art networks.